Discussion 3/27 Midterm redux Lectures 14&15 Poster drafts.
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Transcript of Discussion 3/27 Midterm redux Lectures 14&15 Poster drafts.
Oceanography
• Water vapor source; hydrological cycle, latent heat, severe weather
• Energy exchange w/ atmosphere, ~thermostat• Poleward energy transport
El Niño and La Niña• How does El Niño affect global weather patterns?• Western Pacific experiences less rainfall as warm
water moves east. • This shift in rain patterns moves the subtropical
jet stream from its normal path.• This change in the path of the sub-tropical Jet
allows El Niño to affect the weather and climate of the mid-latitudes as well as the tropics.
• The commodities markets use the NOAA El Niño forecasts to influence their buying and selling.
Tropical Cyclones• Hurricanes/Typhoons/Cyclones• Formation: some disturbance gets ‘spun up’ drawing
energy from warm ocean waters (T>25oC)• Over 61km/hr, tropical storm, named; over
119km/hr, hurricane• Bands of rising moist air vs. cool, sinking air;
particularly in center “eye”• Storm surge, inland flooding, winds• Weaken with cool water, land, or unfavorable airflow
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